SHARE Sacramento: Previewing CICS Security with Mark Wilson

Security is always a hot topic in mainframe, and that’s definitely the case at SHARE Sacramento, taking place March 11-16. Beyond a keynote on securing the mainframe by experts Phil Young and Chad Rikansrud, there are more than a dozen technical sessions that touch on security in some way. One will focus entirely on security for CICS, the enterprise application servers that power billions of transactions each day, which will be presented by Mark Wilson. We spoke to the 30-year mainframe veteran and Global Technical Director at RSM Partners to find out what he has in store for Sacramento, and his thoughts on the state of mainframe security and education.